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NC State Creates Most Powerful Positron Beam Ever
eldavojohn writes "A fairly large breakthrough took place earlier this month with the most powerful man-made antimatter electron beam ever being created at North Carolina State University. Professor Hawari who worked on the project explains its benefits: 'The idea here is that if we create this intense beam of antimatter electrons — the complete opposite of the electron, basically — we can then use them in investigating and understanding the new types of materials being used in many applications.'"
Whatever you do, don't cross the streams...
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So, will it make my Ironman watch run backwards? OR block out all neural activity?
Professor Hawari who worked on the project explains its benefits: 'The idea here is that if we create this intense beam of antimatter electrons -- the complete opposite of the electron, basically -- we can then use them in investigating and understanding the new types of materials being used in many applications.'"
He added: " We are not quite sure how long it will take to miniaturize the technology for shark mounted applications, but we expect this to be investigated thoroughly in the future"
Or a Val Kilmer movie.
how soon can we affix these beams to sharks' heads?
In seemingly unrelated news, Duke University ceases to exist, somehow evaporated by a wave of unknown positron emission energy. But little seem to care, since Duke sucks anyways!
I'd like my doctor to have one of these new fangled ray gun thingies just in case I become infected with some of that super duper bacteria I keep hearing about.
I've seen Scotty create beams of antimatter with two phasers and a tricorder, big whoop.
Similar to the upcoming US election results
So basically, -1 troll/offtopic is really slashdots way of saying "I hate that you thought of something before me."
...We'll cross the streams.
I think you mean NUKYULAR!
There are no tiger attacks in my area and it's all because this rock I'm holding keeps the tigers away.
Yeah, with all those atoms and neuters floating around...
I won't be impressed until scientists are able to create an inverted tachyon pulse that solves any problems caused by spatial anomalies.
You want to know who isn't running Firefox 2.x? They spell it "definately" and "rediculous".
Yes, positrons are considered anti-matter. But you can call it what you want in your own Jeffries tubes.
Do not mock my vision of impractical footwear
Let's fill this guys house with a whole shitload of unpopped popcorn see... and then we can take this beam see... and like point the beam at it and like... er... no, wait a minute
Excuse me I'm looking for the nuclear wessels.
Nuclear wessels.
Oh. So, electrons charge for information?